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[Pie and Beans]

MS looking clueless as ever these days.

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

Weird...

 

[Flayer]

Is that real? Like, seriously.... You can get a perfectly good laptop for half that price which is far more versatile and does all that and more.

Unless you're dead set on the Kinect hand gestures for some reason?!

 

[ekim]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=620006

 

[nesboy43]

Businesses love typing important documents, creating spreadsheets, and presentations using video game consoles that are accessing a website and saving it to "The Cloud". Businesses wouldn't prefer these documents saved locally or anything right?

 

[Burai]

Xbox One is the square peg for every business' round hole.

 

[Whipped Spartan]

Depending on how good Skype is this could be competitive. Video conferencing setups are pricy. Makes sense. The brand will work against them though.

 

[fallagin]

Hmm, I dont know if many businesses will buy into this. Maybe when kinect 2.0 comes to pc I could see it happening.

 

[GraveRobberX]

Xbox One is the square peg for every business' round hole.

MS somehow will brute force with their sheer willpower and get that square to go through the circle!

Also most companies have so many goddamn options, I highly doubt a small business wants to bring an entertainment console into the workplace

GoToMeeting already does a spiffy job

Can you imagine:
"Where's the sales team?"
"Have you seen Titanfall... they're playing it"
"Why?, they should be working"
"It's a team get together workshop, very analytical stuff taking place"
"Oh OK"

 

[Jack_AG]

Oh hell this is a belated April Fool's joke, right?

 

[miked808]

A few people here have never worked a Corporate or Government job before I see. My agency has literally bought over 20 of these.

http://www.jtfbus.com/jtf/item.cfm?ID=7991

Just for Skype and Powerpoint presentations.

 

[Marked_Bravado]

HAHAHA! OMG! This is how I start my morning. Thank you very much.

 

[maverick40]

Stellar stuff from Microsoft!

 

[Flayer]

A few people here have never worked a Corporate or Government job before I see. My agency has literally bought over 20 of these.

http://www.jtfbus.com/jtf/item.cfm?ID=7991

Just for Skype and Powerpoint presentations.

That's an 87 inch screen. The xbox 1 doesn't come with an 87 inch screen. What MS are proposing replaces a laptop in functionality.

 

[TaroYamada]

Will Skype access be behind Xbox Live's paywall? If so that makes it an even shittier deal.

 

[Chobel]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=620006

how the hell didn't I see this post before? office in xbox! WOW!!!

 

[miked808]

It has a HDMI output to projector which is in every conference room in every agency in D.C. where I work.

 

[Manmademan]

Not without precedent. the atari jaguar wasn't just a console, it was ALSO good to use in dental offices.

flexibility is the sign of a true next gen machine

 

[miked808]

That's an 87 inch screen. The xbox 1 doesn't come with an 87 inch screen. What MS are proposing replaces a laptop in functionality.

It has a HDMI output to projector which is in every conference room in every agency in D.C. where I work.

 

[DragonSworne]

Why buy an Xbox for these features when you can already do these for free on PCs?

Unless the Xbox one comes packaged with the MS Office suite, this is a wasted venture...

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

This sounds ridiculously stupid.

 

[herod]

Yep, Ballmer has definitely taken over the Xbox division.

 

[Sickbean]

This has got to be a wind up.

 

[Kaako]

Brb, trying to convince my boss to buy a couple of these for video conferencing. Wish me luck guys!

 

[CoG]

Office Live 365 coming not doubt about it

Spoiler

XBL Gold subscription required for access

 

[DragonSworne]

Why target small businesses instead of large businesses?

 

[MasterLeePhD]

Do you think Microsoft will try and sell the X1 as a Computer rather than a Games console? This is what Sony done with the PS3 so they didn't have to pay so much tax in the EU.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Business partners are really going to take a company that boots up the XBOX for their presentation seriously.

 

[dark_prinny]

Yeah but Skype doesn't need dedicated conferencing HW at all.

Skype is not a good solution for bussines videoconference since its a P2P based tech and lacks confidentiality.

 

[GamerJM]

What can it do that a computer can't? I'm honestly confused with this angle.

 

[Alx]

Skype is not a good solution for bussines videoconference since its a P2P based tech and lacks confidentiality.

It's still used a lot in business environment. Each time we have to set up a conference with a foreign partners, we use Skype.

 

[Jack_AG]

What can it do that a computer can't? I'm honestly confused with this angle.

Cost more than most budget laptops?

 

[onken]

(the business stopped using them, because hardly anyone needs video, no-one wants to be videoed at work, using phones is much less stressful, and you can also mute and do that "he's crazy" rotating-finger-to-temple gesture at will)

You conveniently forgot to list the major selling point - screen sharing. Doing Adobe connect or whatever at the same time as a phone call is a total pain in the ass.

 

[ekim]

Skype is not a good solution for bussines videoconference since its a P2P based tech and lacks confidentiality.

precisely. And that's the reason it's stupid to say, that Xbox One is good for businesses and videoconferencing.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

I think "Google Hangouts" would be more likely. It's the only thing that would match the hype of "Skype" on Xbox1.

Yeah, that as well, but I think Skype will be there to ensure that none of their competitors can get a foothold on a new market that will have tens of millions of users actively using their services that they can advertise to or make subscription fees from.

Do you think Microsoft will try and sell the X1 as a Computer rather than a Games console? This is what Sony done with the PS3 so they didn't have to pay so much tax in the EU.

That specific technology good tariff was ruled illegal by the WTO and is no longer enforced.

 

[Thrakier]

Is there an angle they won't try? Another example of how out of touch they have become. It's a games console!

No, it's not. It's a small livingroom PC, acting as multimedia device with slightly sub average performance for playing videogames.

 

[ColdDeckEd]

Because nothing screams professionalism more than videoconferencing on a video game console.

Seems like the more obvious solution is to sell kinect for PCs.

 

[computers putin']

I know I shouldn't, but I'm starting to feel bad for microsoft, they're so clueless

 

[Diablohead]

Nothing wrong with a laptop or modern tablet to skype in HD with.

 

[CoG]

I for one cannot wait to see the cheesy infomerical MS releases out for this one!

"Hey Ted, we have a meeting with Hong Kong in 2 mins"
"Why yes we do. 'Xbox On'"

 

[SlowRevolution]

Is Sony brings back "Other OS" like they are rumored to be with the PS4, How irrelevant does Xbox1's small bussiness push become?

That's a rumor going aound?

 

[nny]

Finally, I'll be able to do more expressive gestures with my hands.

 

[megalowho]

So.. Xbox One is a Polycom now?

 

[M3d10n]

And have to pay $60 a year to use Skype? How about just using one of the many PCs already in the office?

 

[MehsterChief]

The harsh smell of desperation.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

I really dont want to sound like a console warrior but i do find it disconcerting that Microsoft has a program in place to sell Xbox ones to businesses before they have educational programs set up for Student game developers.

 

[Stealth_Cobra]

Or, said buisness could buy a 30 bucks webcam and plug it into any of their existing networked PCs... Omg, skype machine ready !!!

 

[Limit]

Depending on how good Skype is this could be competitive. Video conferencing setups are pricy. Makes sense. The brand will work against them though.

Yeah selling X1 as video conferencing setup is smart.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

It has a HDMI output to projector which is in every conference room in every agency in D.C. where I work.

So has most modern laptops and tablets?

 

[d0g_bear]

I wonder if any small business owners really do claim consoles as expenses for stuff like skype, browsing or whatever. That actually sounds like a sweet deal